Work Visa for french man

[Toine34 0]

Hello guys, my Name is Antoine, I'm from France, and I wanted to know which kind of visa can I get for working as waiter or barman. I am 24 years old, working as fireman in south of France and I wish I can move to USA for joining my girlfriend. We are dating each other since the end of october. We are in love and Im seeing her every 2 months. She has a green card and she study but I want to live with her. What's the best solution with my situation for getting legally in America? I want to live with here before take "the big decision" and be able to work. So I need sone advices. If someone can help me please,

[RhettVoe 282]

There is no visa class within our system to import a bartender/waiter to the US. Je suis desole.

[Toine34 0]

Ok thank you for your reply.

Even if it's not for this kind of job, i don't care the the type of job i need to do to join her just for 1 year i think is gonna be enough to know if i can take "the big decision"...

What kind of visa can i pretend?

Thank you

[RhettVoe 282]

what do you mean by 'pretend?' ...if you mean trying to use (or abuse) another type of visa even though you know you don't really qualify for it, well, we call that fraud.

[Toine34 0]

I'm sorry for my english i think you've missunderstood me

She offered me the wedding already but i don't want to be engage because we never live really together so i want to live with her before take the big decision, and its not easy to quite your job, your country, your family your life and if i do that it's just for her

[JejeAndSar 9]

The best thing to do is this: save some money, and then visit her for three months (you can legally stay in USA for a maximum of three months within a 6 month period, I think). Or ask her to visit you for an extended period of time.

Or, perhaps you can get a student VISA to go to school in the USA. You wouldn't be able to work with that VISA, I don't think, unless it is connected to the institution you're studying at. Check the rules/laws. You can't get this VISA and not go to school. And you can't get married with this VISA.

Don't try to fraud the system. But there is nothing wrong, I don't think, with getting a student VISA to study in the USA and see how life is here in the USA. If it doesn't work out, you learn some new information, learn how life is in the USA, improve your English, etc.

The first option, however, is the best. Comes legally for three months and live with her. Invite her for three months. Base your decision on this.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

OP just misused a word. Prétendre in French can mean make a claim to, or use. Just a faux ami. No need to get up in arms.

OP; You can check out uscis.gov for various visa paths.

Work visas require that you have a job already lined up in the US, and the employer needs to file a petition for you to come. Furthermore, there are education requirements for most visa paths, a bachelor degree at minimum. It all costs thousands of dollars. For many of them the employer needs to prove that there is no one in the US that can do the job.

So for something like a waiter, there are no visas available.

Depending on your age, you could look for a summer work exchange program, we have visas to come work at national parks and things. I am not sure if 24 is already too old.

I know Disney hires foreign people to come work in their parks. I think there is a "little France" in their park and they hire French people to make the experience "authentic." Silly, I know. And I imagine the work is pretty bad, cleaning out trash and working cash registers. And it's in Florida, not Illinois.

But the first step would be to find a job or a program in the US that you qualify for.

Bon courage.

Edited March 29, 2014 by Harpa Timsah

[Toine34 0]

Thank you so much for your answers

It help me a lot.

I'm gonna check your website.

I will come in Chicago in one month and a half for one month, i will go to the french consulate there too,

And see what can we do, maybe take both options, come to work for summer and spend 3 months more there as a tourist.

Thank you very much to all and sorry for my english again.

À bientôt

[Boiler 45,670]

Southern France sounds much nicer than Illinois, could she move to France?

[RhettVoe 282]

Ain't that the truth! Been to the south of France...wonderful place(s)...leaps and bounds prettier, and more charming than Illinois.

[AnotherLostSoul 167]

LOL! I don't think the girlfriend knows where his boyfriend is coming from? Otherwise she would be already in Southern France living with him. Sorry for all the folks who are from Illinois but Illinois just sucks....all the storms, and tornadoes...give me a break. I think OP you might wanna invite your girlfriend to live with you in France...doubt she'll ever want to return to the US.

Southern France sounds much nicer than Illinois, could she move to France?

[Morningmist 76]

ha! I remember my french classes. Everyone kept thinking for a while that "travail" meant "to travel" when it really meant "to work". It was one of those classes where they didn't speak anything but french to teach french.